9.4 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain •
We wanted to get away from the wind and ice so decided to head south to this interesting, and large (~900 acres) city park. There was no wind and it only rained lightly for the first half of the hike. We hiked the entire peripheral trail around the park and were surprised it ended up being over 9 miles! This park is nice, for what it is, but half the trail system is asphalt, which was hard on the back and knees. You can hear traffic from Hwy 22 and there is a recycling center (looks like yard debris) on the island that you can smell in certain areas. All-in-all a nice enough day until our drive home! The end of a tough week!
On our way home we got caught on I5 accident alley and decided to bypass most of the collisions by taking I205. We were just past the Vancouver Mall exit, travelling northbound, and suddenly got a very hard jolt from behind! We pulled off the road and a Ford Escape did the same. He admitted causing the collision but then proceeded to say that his son needed water and he HAD to turn around and give him water! We were doing the speed limit at 60mph and he must have accelerated when he turned around and slammed into us (I guess at 75-80mph)! This father pissed me off when he said he was justified turning around, in the dark, at highway speeds, to give a water bottle to his 7-9 year old son! After my challenge he said "What do you expect me to do, and don't judge me?" I said that you hit us, and we were in pain and would need to spend the night in ER because you couldn't pull off the road or tell your son to wait until you're home! Sorry, just venting! What's done is done. Long story short, my wife has whiplash and back pain and I have whiplash and am having a bit more issues than her. I guess near term plans have changed, as they usually do, for one reason or another! I'm glad that it wasn't worse, and we will recover, and that the Subaru had only $800 damage, with the rear bumper needing to be replaced!
Comments
Mileage Mike
December 9, 2015
Thanks very much for the well wishes Woodswalker! Emergency said it was soft tissue damage, but we've both never been in a car accident of this type (hit a couple deer though) before and don't know what to expect for recovery. We've talked with many people that have had whiplash but recovery seems to vary depending on the person and extent of injury; as expected. We're going to see our doctors in the next few days and expect we'll be having some physical therapy? I'm sure time will heal!
Woodswalker
December 9, 2015
Oh no, hope it all resolves well.